Diverse Land and Property Listings in County Market
Realty roundup shows 105 acres one mile from court house with 25 acres cultivated and rest pasture priced at 1500. A 400 acre tract of post oak land in northeast county at 2.50 per acre. About 1.25 acres near schoolhouse with small cottage tenant house and well for 750. A six room roofed house and two lots four blocks from Main Street 1250. Quarter block near Allen Academy east front 259. Easy terms. Seven feet front on railroad street by Otto Boehme property. Lots near schoolhouse at 10 each plus other city property. About 13 acres south side of town with 4 room house cistern and outbuildings price 1000.
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Court House
Aboud Ve
Schoo
Snall
Allen Academy
Otto Boehme
A. & M. College
Courthouse Sqare
Pochila
Wixon Creek
Pearson Place
City
Magnificent International Washington Birthday Fest to Open in Laredo
Laredo Texas and New Laredo Mexico plan a grand two day celebration February 22 and 23 with bull fights, cattle roping, torch parades, nocturnal shows, naval fireworks, pageants and displays. Excursion fares to Laredo and Monterrey Mexico offered with ten day stop over for visitors to witness the event. For details contact D J Price or travel agents in Palestine Texas.
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Laredo
Texas
New Laredo
Mexico
George Washington
Monterey
D. J. Price
Palestine
Home Cook Tips From a Historic Pantry
Practical kitchen hints including piercing a pin in the saucepan to prevent eggs from cracking during boiling. It suggests balancing gravy salt with a pinch of brown sugar and boiling turnips with strong onions to mellow their flavor. Also notes not frying more than six oysters at a time and making mincemeat a week ahead for better mingling of spices.
Plea For the Wooden Shoe in Philadelphia Talk
A Philadelphia physician urges adoption of sabots and sandals to improve health. He claims leather shoes cause disease by keeping feet damp and cramped, praising wooden footwear that keeps feet dry and uncorsed. He and his family own several pairs costing about 30 cents each.
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Philadelphia
Noted Cash Price for Socks in Town Exchange
In a brief street vignette, Uncle Podunk haggles for socks with a saleswoman who proclaims cash payment. He confirms cash is preferred, adds weatherish malice, and pays twenty five cents per pair amid a joking exchange.
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Uncle Podunk
New York Times
Descriptions of Galvini and Early Battery Discovery
The wife of Professor Galvini is credited with discovering the electrical battery that bears his name after observing convulsions in frogs during experiments. In 1791, Galvini laid the foundation of the galvanic battery. In Havana, Cajizote, Cuba's most dangerous bandit, was captured after a desperate fight in a city suburb.
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Galvini
Bhe
Bologna
Havana
Cajizote
Cuba
Conflict Flares in Umzinto District Fatalities Reported
Durban Natal January 29 reports serious factional clashes among Kaffirs in Umzinto district 37 miles away with around forty natives said killed. Paris January 29 news confirms composer Robert Planquette of The Shimes of Normandy is dead.
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Durban
Natal
Umzinto
Normandy
Paris
Robert Planquette
Ex Senator John Allen Dies in Seattle at 78
Former United States senator from Washington John Beard Allen died Wednesday night in Seattle at age 78 from angina pectoris. The death ends a long political career, with Allen serving in the Senate and remaining a prominent figure in state politics for decades.
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Seattle
Wash
John Beard Allen
United States
Washington
Reichstag Reelects Count von Ballestrem President
Berlin Jan 29 The reichstag has re elected Count von Ballestrem to the presidency. Constantinople Jan 29 The third Russian torpedo destroyer passed the Dardanelles en route to Sevastopol.
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Reichstag
Berlin
Count von Ballestrem
Constantinople
Dardenelles
Sebastopol
Death of Miss Odell Sister of the Governor
Miss Ophelia Odell, sister of the governor, died in Newberg New Jersey on January 29.
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Odell
Newberg
N. J
Ophelia Odell
Vesuvius Winds Up In Eruption Again
Vesuvius erupts again as Rome reports renewed activity on January 29. The column notes ongoing volcanic behavior with ash clouds and intermittent lava glimpses. No injuries reported and authorities monitor the mount.
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Rome
Burglars Target Beaumont and Local Crimes Reported
News in brief notes burglars active in Beaumont. F. H. Boyd shot and killed at Mart, Texas. J. W. Huddleston placed under 3000 dollars bond. U S Marshal Eason assumes charge of the Wettermark bank Eneinene at Nacarioches Texas.
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Beaumont
F. H. Boyd
Mart
Tex
J. W. Huddleston
United States
Marshal Eason
Wettermark Bank Eneinene
Nacarioches Tex
Lone Texas Senate Weighs Asylum Funding and Revisions
The Texas Senate debated a $40,000 appropriation to establish a home for imbeciles linked to the state insane asylum with amendments to include negroes and site it near San Antonio Austin Terrell or Abilene. Also on the agenda were public printing reform and a constitutional convention proposal, with party lines and minority reports shaping the record.
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Austin
Jane
Senate
Savage
San Antonio
Terrell
Abilene
Harper
Faulk
Hicks
House
Texas
Congress
Fort Sam Houston
Napier
McKinney Secures Texas Presbyterian University Campus
McKinney Texas gains Texas Presbyterian university via donation of 250 acres and $80,000. The trustees plan 150 acres for the campus and expect to raise $50,000 from the remaining land to add to the building fund.
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McKinney, Tex
Texas Presbyterian University
Board of Trustees
Conductors Asked to Resign on Southern Pacific
Houston January 30. Reports say nine or ten Southern Pacific conductors have been asked to resign. The check system is cited as part of the issue.
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Houston
Southern Pacific Railway
Tyler bank cases defendants ordered released from custody
In Tyler Texas on January 20 judge Swayne ordered the defendants in the bank cases released from custody of Marshal Houston during the progress of the proceedings.
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Tyler, Tex
Tyler Bank
Swayne
Marstifal Houston
Booker T Washington barred from speaking in Jamesville
Booker T Washington will not be allowed to speak at the Jamesville Florida joint convention of county superintendents and the general educational board on February 4. W N Sheats state superintendent is censured locally for inviting him and W M Halloway county official says Washington cannot address the audience in the auditorium.
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Jamesville
Fla
W. N. Sheats
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Booker T. Washington
County Superintendents of Public Instruction
General Educational Board
Sheats
W. M. Halloway
Gainesville
Washington
Four Veronica crewmen charged with seven murders after mutiny
Moses Thomas the Veronica’s cook told Captain Brown that the mutineers led by the boatswain killed seven shipmates. The bodies were tossed overboard after each victim was stunned or murdered with belaying pins. Thomas, Black crew member, says he feared for his life and barricaded himself during the mutiny.
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Liverpool
Jaz
Veronica
Brunswick
Brown
Scotland Yard
The
Moses Thomas
Thomas
Booth addresses large Memphis audience at First Methodist
General William Booth head of the Salvation Army spoke at the First Methodist Church in Memphis drawing a full house. The audience listened intently and offered congratulations after the lecture before Booth departed for Dallas, Texas.
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Memphis
Tenn
William Booth
Salvation Army
First Methodist Church
Dallas
Texas
Former New York Secretary McDonough to Philippine Supreme Court
Washington report states John T. McDonough, ex secretary of state of New York, has already accepted the post of justice on the Philippine Supreme Court. The terms are described as favorable, and his appointment is considered certain.
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Washington
John T. McDonough
New York
Supreme Court of the Philippines
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